Hearing loss in migrant agricultural workers

Journal of Agromedicine

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 9-17

  Rabinowitz, Peter M ^a   Sircar, Kanta D ^a   Tarabar, Sanela ^a   Galusha, Deron ^a   Slade, Martin D ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural workers' diseases; Hearing loss; Hispanics; Migrant agricultural workers; Noise occupational

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; NOISE INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE TESTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33747422138     PISSN: 1059924X     EISSN: 15450813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J096v10n04_04     Document Type: Article

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